Take a seat friends. Any seat will do. It is time for Friday Favorites and we have a lot to share today. {Before you get started, remember that today is National Wear Red Day!} If you already caught up with our posts on some good challenges this month, artists to support, and paper to party with then it is time to catch up on what we have been reading and enjoying this past week:

More Downton Abbey addiction love here: A comprehensive list of what you might also enjoy in books and films, seeing as how Downton Abbey is only an hour a week (oh why, why, is every episode always over too soon?). These recommendations are sure to fill the hours until the next episode arrives.